Railway-tie.



W. H. JONES.

RAILWAY TIE. 'ABPLIQATION FILED Arlnmjlell,

1,056,414. 'atented Een. 6, 1912;

mfg

UNiTni) sTATEs WILLIAM H. JONES, OF HUDSON, COLORADO.

niiILWAYmIE.

- speciacatipa-bf Letters raient.

Patented Feb. 6. 1912.

Application filed Aprilhl, 1911. Serial No. 622,515.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, litri/tn ll. Joxns, a citizen of the United States. 'residing at Hudson, in the countr of ll'eldjand 'State ot Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rafilgwny-Tiesj ot' which the following'is a specification.

This invention frelates to railway ties of that class which are constructed of concrete or other plastic materialhorjcomposition, and itis the olijeet/`ottheinvention to provide a strong and' durable tiefof` this kind, and yalso novel 'and improvedy rail fastening means wherebyl the rails will be securely held in place ywithout the use of spikes.

The invention also has for its object to provide a fastening whiclrenabl'es track re pairs to be reatlilyjmade, `the fastening beingV so arranged that the rails can be easily removed. f

Other objects and advantages of the in ventio'n will be manifest when the same is better understood7 reference being had to the' accompanying drawing` forming a part ofl this specification, int which drawing- Figure 1 is a Aplan view of the tie and the rail fastening. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line Q-Q'of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 ot' Fig. 1. Referring specifically to the drawing,` 5 denotes the body of the tie, the same being constructed of concrete or any other plastic material, such as Wood-pulp paper, strawboard, etc. The tie is reinforced b v embedding metal rods G tlie1"ein,each ot' said rods running lengthwise from one end of the tie to the other, and being arched up under the rail seats at the ends ot the tie.

Two sets of rods are employed, said sets being spaced apart vertically a suitable distance, and each setcomprlsmg four rods arranged 1n a transverse row. l The rods ot the`upper row are connected to the correspending rods of the lower row by tie Wires 7.

On the bottom of the tie, at each end there.

of, is a metal plate 8 which protects the t-ie when tamping, and also serves to `hold the heads bf the bolts whichl secure the rail fasteners to be presently described. Each end of the tie. is provided with/ma .frail fastener, and as'they aregalike rectum, a

Ythrough the plate adjacent to the ends th` eoi, and throu'gh the top of the tie, as well as through the plate 8, the head of the bolt engaging the bottom oi th; latter. The bolts are secured by nuts llse'rewed on the ends thereot against the topot the plate 9. The outer vend of the plate Si is bent over and doubled as indicatediat. 12 through which portieri one of the 'bolts 10 passes. The bent over portion of the plate terminates in an upward bend 13 to torni a clip under which one ot the base flanges of the rail 14 extends, said clip extending at such other base Harige of the rail 14 is engaged by a clip 15 formed by bending up one end of a metal strip 16 carried by the plate D. lhisstrip has, adjacent to its end which is formed with the clip 15, a downward bend to torni a groove 17 which receives a transverse key 18. This downwardly bent portion of the strip seats in an op'emngl) plane of the bottom of said plate a sufficient distance to bring the groove below said plate so that the key may be placed under the plate, and passed through the groove. The

theremc to the other, and thus forms a rigi fastening t'o-r the strip 1G. The top of the tie 5 has a transverse groove 20 to receive the grooved portion of the strip.

one of its ends so that when it; is driven home it will be tightly wedged in andthe small end ot' the key also hole to receive a split key,or eotter Qt which engages one edge of the plate 9. c

By the herein described structure the rail will be securely held in place on the tie, and at the same time it can be readily removed, it being necessary only to remove the key 18, after which thel strip 16 can be taken oli', whereupon the rail is, released on one side, and can be removed by being slipped from under the clip 15 on the other side thereof.

I claim: i

The combination with a railway tie having comprising a' plate extendingtransversely beneath the rail to form a seatthere thereof, said plate being bent overat one of its ends to form an integral ra1l-holding .clip adapted to engage the corresponding an angle as to,fit on said base flange. The C keycxtends across the plate from one sid` place, f as a inga vtop transverse groove, of a rail fasten! for, and projecting from oppositer sides' made in the plate 9, and extends below the The key 18 is tapered in the direction of ,l

side Of the rail being provided Withlxan' opening which registers with the kaforesaid Ather/top of the bent portion of the clip; --and fastening devices passing through the ends of the plate into the tie, one of said groove a rail-holding clip engageable WitHHaStening devicespassing through the bentthe other sideofthe rail, vsaid last-mentioned clipseating on the plate and having a downward bend through'the aforesaid opening and beneath the plane of the bottom of the plate into the transverse groove;

a key' passing transversely under thev plate on opposite sides of the groove, and across over portion of the plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two 'Witnesses WILLIAM H. JONES. Witnessesz GEO. W. WILLIAMS, GEO. P. ARNOLD. 

